{"id":372353,"date":"2026-03-07T07:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/372353\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:29:13","slug":"heated-rivalry-creator-on-writing-season-2-shooting-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/372353\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator on Writing Season 2, Shooting Summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cHeated Rivalry<\/a>\u201d creator Jacob Tierney<\/a> says he\u2019s exhausted from the whirlwind of the last three months since the show premiered on HBO Max, but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from working hard on Season 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m in a room all day writing,\u201d Tierney told me at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

\n\tShooting is set to begin this summer. \u201cWe\u2019re still on track,\u201d Tierney said.<\/p>\n

\n\tTierney is trying not to feel the pressure of living up to Season 1. \u201cI think I realized a little while ago that what I have to do is go back to where my head was at the first time I wrote, which was love these books and try to make the smartest thing I can make of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd yes, he will stay \u201cfaithful\u201d to Rachel Reid\u2019s novel: \u201cI\u2019m not going to bail on that now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe romantic drama series, which follows two professional hockey players (Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams) who fall in love after carrying on a decade-long affair, was originally created for Canadian streaming service\u00a0Crave and was later released on\u00a0HBO Max\u00a0in the U.S. The Season 2 renewal was announced just two weeks after the show premiered over Thanksgiving. HBO Max will continue to license the series for its second season without producing.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring his acceptance speech at the GLAAD Media Awards, Tierney thanked Crave as well as HBO for its support before quipping, \u201cWe hope you continue to exist,\u201d a reference to the pending merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tConnor Storrie, Robbie GK, Nadine Bhabha, Brendan Brady, Jacob Tierney, Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud, Christina Chang and Amber Glenn at the 37th GLAAD Media Awards<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBillboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with Williams and Storrie, the \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d cast includes Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud, Robbie G.K., Christina Chang, Dylan Walsh, Nadine Bhabha, Sophie N\u00e9lisse and Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiley Cyrus<\/a> and Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a> have expressed interest in contributing music to the show\u2019s sophomore outing. \u201cI have no comment,\u201d Tierney said when asked if either of those artists are officially on board. \u201cWhat I will say is there\u2019s a lot of music on the show, so there\u2019s room for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix announced Thursday morning that Tierney will write, direct and executive produce \u201cAlexander,\u201d <\/a>a drama series about Alexander the Great and Aristotle being adapted from Annabel Lyon\u2019s novel \u201cThe Golden Mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

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